ALM> Not that I want to get involved in the modem wars, but you lot did discuss 
ALM> the port speed at one time so I changed mine the other day from 19200 to 
ALM> 32400.

BG> Presumably that's a typo, and you meant 38400.

Doh!

ALM> Over several days the transfer rate was down by approx 300cps, so I've put 
ALM> it back to 19200 and it's fine again.

BG> Urk!  What's the story with your machine?  Is it an XT or something?  :)

Well, it's supposed to be a 75Mhz Pentium, but you never know I guess.

ALM> What's the story with that one?  I always thought that faster was better.

BG> several things can impact upon those higher port speeds, such as lack of 
BG> CPU power

Pentium 75.

BG>, multitasking OSs,

DOS

BG> interrupt latency, write-back caching, and so on.

It's a fairly new disk, not smartdrv etc.

BG> Yours is not a typical problem though, and I wonder if the modem and term 
BG> have been set up correctly, as even an old 286/10 should be able to handle 
BG> a port speed of 38400 without problems (the need for a 16550 UART 
BG> notwithstanding).  Be warned also that some apps like Telix MUST have their 
BG> dialling directory speeds set to the same as the port rate, or you'll have 
BG> problems.

It's a PCMCIA modem so I presume it has a 16550 onboard or doesn't need it.

I use Frontdoor btw.

I'll try it again next week and let you know.

Rgds
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